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|accepted_name=Lycopodium obscurum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1102. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Flat-branched tree club-moss;lycopode obscur
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|hierarchy=Lycopodiaceae;Lycopodium;Lycopodium obscurum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lycopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lycopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lycopodium obscurum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Horizontal </b>stems subterranean. <b>Upright</b> shoots treelike, many branched, branchlets numerous and strongly differentiated; annual bud constrictions absent; leaves on main stem below lateral branchlets tightly appressed, needlelike, 3.5–4.5 × 0.6–0.7 mm, soft. <b>Lateral</b> branchlets flat in cross section, 6–9 mm diam.; annual bud constrictions inconspicuous. <b>Leaves</b> in 6 ranks, 1 on upperside, 4 lateral, ascending-spreading, 2.5–5.5 × 0.5–1.2 mm, and 1 on underside, much smaller than others, ascending; margins entire; apex lacking hair tip. <b>Strobili</b> 1–6 at tip of shoot, sessile, 12–60 mm. <b>Sporophylls</b> 3 × 2 mm, apex long, gradually narrowing. <b>2n</b> = 68.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rich hardwood forests and successional shrubby areas
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Ohio;Pa.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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name=Lycopodium obscurum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Lycopodiaceae
|habitat=Rich hardwood forests and successional shrubby areas
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Ohio;Pa.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Lycopodium
|species=Lycopodium obscurum
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